WDR003 – USRNM – Let’s ♥ Everything EP

April 22, 2013

USRNM (pronounced Username) is the latest project by sound artist and musician Stuart Bowditch. Where as his previous works have been focused on the real world, responding to location, local communities and the sounds of everyday objects, USRNM delves into the virtual world of the internet, technology and machines for its inspiration.

The three tracks that make up the Let’s ♥ Everything EP are constructed from alluring, warm and shiny sounds and have a depth and hypnotic nature that draws you in. But they also reflect the comfort and familiarity of the internet, the ubiquitous ‘heart’ icon and question why everything has to be ‘liked’ to give it acceptance. Are we desensitising the emotion of love, losing sight of what we are really drawn to? How can everyone love everything, or do we just love something until it disappears from the bottom of the screen? And does every single thought, notion or idea need approval from someone else?”

Stuart has been a musician for 20 years and a DJ for 12 of those. His DJ sets are as diverse as his musical output, which has spanned from grindcore and punk to ambient and techno. Stuart co-ran the Telephasic parties in Southend 2006-8, and has played at many diverse venues across the UK, including Cafe Oto, The Vortex, Union Chapel, Southend Library, St.Pancras Church, Cafe 1001, The Vibe Bar, Sun Rooms, Cosmic Puffin Festival, Waveform Festival and Tate Britain. He has also hosted several radio shows including Rise FM (2005-7) and Radio Nova Lujon (2012 – present).

Stuart has been releasing music since 2007 through his two musical projects, Hybernation
(ambient / experimental) and USRNM (tech house / techno) and 2013 will see a new EP in
the spring (Warehosue Decay) and full length album released in the summer (Rednetic).